| acme |
the highest point, as of attainment; pinnacle. |
| anathema |
something or someone despised or cursed. |
| arbiter |
someone who has the authority to decide an issue or settle a dispute. |
| cohort |
(often derogatory) a friend or associate. |
| efficacy |
the ability to produce desired results; effectiveness. |
| emaciated |
extremely thin, as from starvation or disease. |
| gaffe |
a crude social error; blunder; faux pas. |
| incongruous |
not suitable or fitting; out of place. |
| inglorious |
bringing shame or disgrace; shameful; dishonorable. |
| misdemeanor |
in law, a class of illegal act that is less serious than a felony and carries a lighter sentence; minor offense. |
| ostracize |
to exclude or shun, by general agreement of the group imposing the exclusion. |
| partake |
to take part; participate (usually followed by "in"). |
| proclivity |
a natural tendency or inclination; propensity or predisposition. |
| theorem |
a proposition or idea that can be proven by other formulas or propositions in mathematics, or deduced from accepted premises or assumptions in logic. |
| whimsy |
an odd, fanciful, or capricious notion, or such notions collectively. |